Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Just the way you are |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | The Stranger |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:50 |
| Dur Grp | 4:30-4:59 |
| Year | 1977 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 69 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 065-069 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | D |
| Time | 2/2 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 2 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | Third Down |
| Mod (Temp) 2 | Third Up |
| Spot Mod | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6w2GsZbZIu0DSLrAbo8svQ?si=rATQbKu4Q5Ks8fV7brPxzg |
| Mod T Type 1 | Foreign Key |
| Mod T Type 2 | Foreign Key |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | Third Down, Third Up |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Starts in different key |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/HaA3YZ6QdJU?t=176 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Alto Sax |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EP |
| Instr 2 | SAX |
| Instr 3 | VOCALS |
| Strings Arranger 1 | Patrick Williams |
| Arr 1 Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3S4VLIl72yJcAqOaYeHdPw?si=4396730b1c9d4486 |
| Strings | Strings included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | ❌ |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Chart Position | 3 |
| Certification | RIAA - Multi Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/billyjoel/justthewayyouare.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Rhyme 1 | XAXA |
| Author 1 | Billy Joel |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ I don't want clever conversation / I never want to work that hard |
| Explanation | ✱ Contrasting authentic interaction with 'work,' suggesting that artificiality costs energy. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Civil:Work |
| MTag 2 | Society:Comm:Verbal |
| MTag 3 | Truth |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | IV-V-iii-VI-ii-V-I |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | I-vi-IV-vi-I, IV-iv-I-vi |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 12 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, iii, IV, iv, V, v, bVI, VI, vi, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | I - Major, IV - Major, V - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 91 |
| Mel Cmplx | 91 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 21 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 87 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 20 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 90+ |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 90+ |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 80-89 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 20-29 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 59 |
| Spot-Energy | 45 |
| Spot-Valance | 51 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 40-49 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 50-59 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Greatest Hits, volume I and volume II (Billy Joel) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ENGxqHoX9fYqtGwv-8uT23ktvglhP1qS/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | 100 Great Pop Songs (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTknWctgVfijFo4xnslfSBDeKNYfbmgR/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 3 | Billy Joel Rock Score (Billy Joel) |
| SB Page 1 | 27 (Greatest Hits, volume I and volume II) |
| SB Page 2 | 216 (100 Great Pop Songs) |
| SB Page 3 | 3 (Billy Joel Rock Score) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Soft Rock |